Quotes about Emotion

Psychology is the science of mental life

a man does not cry because he is sad, he is sad because he cries

Religious feeling is thus an absolute addition to the subject's range of life. It gives him a new sphere of power. When the outward battle is lost, and the outward world disowns him, it redeems and vivifies an interiour world which otherwise would be an empty waste.

If I could sum up what the Bible teaches about giving in one statement, it would be this: Generous living produces emotional happiness.

Music has a way of filling in the missing places. It is a gift from God above, who didn't have to provide it, but He did anyway and I half think He decided life just wouldn't be as good without it.

Saint Simeon once said that tears are a sign of the Holy Spirit's presence.

The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of a mother for her child.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Humor is, however, nearer right than any emotion we have. Humor is the atmosphere in which grace most flourishes.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.